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TelevisionJuly 13, 2020
The Many Lives of Catherine the Great
A new Hulu show presents the life of the Russian empress as a narrative of lean-in empowerment. But was it?
Sophie Pinkham
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April 23, 2020
The Challenge of Treating 2 Epidemics at Once
As overdose deaths climb, advocates and activists fear the opioid crisis will run headlong into the Covid-19 crisis.
Sophie Pinkham
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Science and HealthMarch 30, 2020
The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia
A new book looks at the history of a century-long movement to create life after death.
Sophie Pinkham
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May 3, 2018
Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision
In The Road to Unfreedom, Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility.
Sophie Pinkham
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December 14, 2017
The Candle of Memory
Anne Applebaum’s new history of the Ukrainian famine illustrates the perils of using the past in service of today’s politics.
Sophie Pinkham
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HistoryJune 13, 2017
What Caused the Russian Revolution?
How historians narrate 1917 tells us as much about their politics as it does about what we can learn from the revolution’s failures.
Sophie Pinkham
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Regions and CountriesAugust 14, 2015
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HistoryNovember 19, 2013
The Museum of the Revolution
The life and work of Victor Serge represents the Russian democratic revolution that never was.
Sophie Pinkham
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisApril 10, 2013
Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs
No one dies for poetry anymore, not even in Russia. Enter the oligarchs, who steer clear of Putin’s ire by sponsoring literary prizes.
Sophie Pinkham